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title: שֵׁת — seat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁת (8357), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: seat. BDB 1906: seat buttocks. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁת

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«שֵׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8357 · **BDB:** שֵׁת⁴

### Glosses

buttocks (1); foundations (1); of.buttock (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8357/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

seat buttocks [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8357/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] seat (of body), buttocks (cf. NH שִׁיה, Aramaic ܫܰܬ foundation; cf. \[שָׁת\] p. 1011; NöM 98);—abs. שׁ׳ Is 20:4; pl. sf. שְׁתוֹתֵיהֶם 2 S 10:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8357/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.11.3/)

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כִּ֣י הַ֭שָּׁתוֹת יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּן צַ֝דִּ֗יק מַה־פָּעָֽל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the foundations they will.be.torn.down \[the\].righteous what? does.he.do

*JPS 1917:* When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

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[Isaiah 20:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.20.4/)

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כֵּ֣ן יִנְהַ֣ג מֶֽלֶךְ־אַ֠שּׁוּר אֶת־שְׁבִ֨י מִצְרַ֜יִם וְאֶת־גָּל֥וּת כּ֛וּשׁ נְעָרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י שֵׁ֖ת עֶרְוַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* so he.will.lead.away the.king of.Assyria (et) the.captive\[s\] of.Egypt and (et) the.exile\[s\] of.Cush young.men and old.\[men\] naked and barefoot and bared of.buttock the.nakedness of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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